Wednesday, 11 January 2012

I know it is a tad bit late to ask about Newyear but then here they say the whole month of January you can wish new year :-)

I wanted to share a super dessert I made for Christmas eve party, but then I got this New lens from Hans as a present so I wanted to try that lens for taking food picture so instead of posting that super special dessert I am posting this simple and easy cupcake.

It is ages ago I made cup cake , I do love them though there has been so much cup cakes here in blog that I say to myself should I post again another one.

But then I think cupcakes are so easy to make especially for afternoons coffee which I have been doing ,has Shyama is home as she is having study holiday as her exams in college will start in middle of january.

So I try to spoil ehr with my baking and I for one is so glad that she is home and that I can bake :-)

Now to the recipe, I love chocolate and banana combination, that is a real classic combo.

Now about the frosting for this cupcake, I made the frosting and when I added sour cream the mix looked like it curdeled, so I started again throwing the firts frosting, and I was carefull when I mixed in the sour cream, but it still look a bit curdeld than the usual frositng I have which is always so smooth and fluffy. So i guess it is the adding of sour cream which makes it look like curdeled.

I was saying to my family maybe then i should not sue sour cream for the frosting and then shyama said oh no she loves the tnagy taste the sour cream gives to the frosting.

According to the author this makes a rich chocolate dark cupcake. ( I do agree)

Serious chocoholics should opt for a chocolate butter cream frosting which i will try next time as I love chocolate.
The recipe is from the Book Cupcakes by Janet Smith

Makes 24 regular size cakes.

1/2 cup ( 130g ) soft butter

1/2 cup ( 130g ) fine sugar

1 cup ( 130g ) self raising flourµ2 heaping tbsp of cocoa powder

3 eggs

3 ripe bananas

1 lever teaspoon baking powder

For the Whipped sour cream frosting. ( the amount which i given below is the amount given in the book, as they just gave a small amount I like lots of frosting so i doubled the recipe )

You are so right at chocolate and banana being so good together. As for the frosting, if you like the tangy taste, you could cream cheese instead of sour cream.. that gives a smooth finish and the tangy taste :)